ijB.t Of The News M,i The Time tlMaTvE^ NO. 52 cation Madel ^Extension Of J Power Lines " Mile-" Of Power Line By Communities ^^Klumbus And BrunsCounties, Bishop |HRK IS COMPLETE Jf.) Be Tabulated And Washington, D. I Headouarters Of In Immediate Future p B sliop, superintendB-'itwick Electric r. proration, said this | tion is being 60 i i itional miles of in Brunswick , Hry the desired exHg. foi additional mile - tii, Mill Creek road: 1 L.i- , community: at Beach and Long Beaeh. . ke a total of 26 ; miles which would H - and would ^ j.: prospective mem^ irr.bus county the pro|| wiotis are in the folratios: Old Dock. fg Gr.st and Braswell; 1 Rnord. iB _ iu ill iivm ' M county. This . additional 34- i I . serve ill new K, ai would contact 26 ! I ors. I this phase of ; I pie ted Monday. | 1.. ita has been put in' I _ with the mem- i I will go to ! I ais in Washington, I ... for an addiI is nearing completion on! I :.to the Village 1 I: and from Sol- . i L alt way No. 130, J I k county. It is ] I thesi aliases of the j L a. . energized early j Lwick P.-T. | ] pning Meeting [tint Meeting Of The 1 inswick Council Of P.A. Scheduled For nary 30th At 7:30 . i i will be an important ! [ the Brunswick Coun- j ceil of Parent-Teacher tens on Tuesday. January . t i'.M p. m. in the Bolivia j c-itorium. The executive , te will meet at 7 o'clock i p.-t. a.. Mrs. W. C. v Jttsi lent, will be hostess a ' charge of the devoti- n ecial music and the social 0 B attesting program on: z Bat Steps in Education," p Be planned by the Council a Br Mrs. Geo. Cannon. E B A. M. Alderman, district t and Miss Annie Mac j, county superintendent | Bfcls. will be guest speak- i * B the business session j9 ill be made for the Inter- Iv Debating, Declamation, ," B ami Glee Club Con- f interested in P.^T. A. j| I to attend this ? ' m Interest In j* Bower Exhibits B^'i'k County People 1 H 8e More Interested J B"> Ever Before In Bj^llia Show In Wil* B; '-ape ' ar Garden Club annual Camellia : 05 February 14th and this event vili evoke more j * usual interest in Bruns- j B;J,Jr-ty by reason of the I'st of camellias from ^ajar.ta; ami possibly a other points in Brunsrr.ore t;.lan varieties; Hi""'1 nving at Orton, B^' hi.i.nv. the horticulto have between 75 *' kinds in bloom by the 7" All varieties fb B" time will be ex ^;* ' February 20, BJ/n- F. c. will stage its Bie ,v Mr- Hragaw has B^"' as a judge at that Bi-t il ''' possible he may r lucd on page four) THI Southport E ' ?" " - wer mm p? ~~ "fSf !& ^EBf CAGERS?Here are .the jasketball squads. Shown ab ight, front row: John D. O' jew is, Billie Willis, Rudolph Ford, manager, E. C. Watts, J ian, John Julius Swain, Bro lay Richards. Below are the trw: Doris Ilickman, Leperlis :1a Arnold, Joy Arnold; Top Mary Florence Moore, Perl M Watts, Annis Jean Weeks.?( Chamber Of < Here Adopt; \ttendance At Membership M Monday Night Cu The constitution and by-la ,y Chamlier of Commerce was neeting of the membership light. No changes in any of tl Judge Walter M. Stanaland, ice-president of the organization, >"" cted as chairman and called the leeting to order in the absence f president L. T. Yaskell, who | at hie iinmp with influen > CIO ill IIk a. Charles Mathews, of Bald lead Island, one of the directors, cted as clerk and secretary. W. j 5. Keziah, secretary, served as 1 reasurer in the absence of James J 1 I. Harper. i i Despite a suggestion by one of | he members present tor a brief i ession, out of respect to the bad feather, illness and absence of i lany enthusiastic members, con-1 iderable time was devoted to j , pep" talks. Among those speakng being Churchill Brag&w, of )rton, H. H. Thomas, of Fort , ,'aswell, Judge Stanaland, Mr. lathews and Harry L. Mintz, Jr. j , Only four of the nine directors ' fere present, these being Math-1 ; ws, Stanaland, Bragaw and 1 ieziah. Others were ill. Despite! (Continued On Page 4) 1 i More Than Tw And Girls ( There are 44 students front . Brunswick county attending J ; various Southern colleges. Eigh- j teen of this number are girls | ; and 26 are boys. They are: i W. C. U. N. C. at Greens- . boro: Betty Chinnis and Betty j Lou Powell, Leland: Wilma June Thomas, Shallotte: and , Muriel Ward, Ash: Flora McDonald College at Red Springs: Mary Mercer Johnson, Winnabow; E. C. T. C. at Greenville: Lois Brady, Ash: Anna Taylor, Malcont Frink and David Watson, Southport; National Cathedral at Washington, D. C.: Judy Foulke, Winnabow; Peace Junior College at Raleigh: Louise Niernsee, Southport: Boiling Springs College at Boiling Springs: Marion Jenrette, Ash; Charleston College, in Charles- i ton, S. C.: Mary Dick Cannon, | Southport; Atlantic Christian i STi A Gooi 4-PAGES TODAY . lasketeers |g ^| HbAHHIv^^! ' r- ?- :rr"r"'"^-^r ism ^ ; I 5$%g?K I 11 iBBBflMlflB I^HBBBI two Southport high school ove are the boys. Left to Daniel, Bill Shannon, Ted Sellers. Top row: Claude ohnie Simmons, Jack C'hristher Christian, and Coach girls. Left to right, front Smith, Doris Corletle, Gilrow: Coach Ray Richards, [ae Lewis, Annie Margaret Cut courtesy Star-News.) Commerce > Constitution leeting Held In Courthouse t Short By Flu ws of the Brunswick Coununanimously adopted at a in the courthouse Monday he sections were suggested. Bolivia Moves * < it TI AHeau in miccj The Bolivia high school cagprs defeated the Waccamaw basketball team in a doubleheader played ill the Waccamaw gymnasium .Monday night. The Bolivia hoys won, -10-24, and the girls, 48-26. The victories mo veil Bolivia into a commanding lead in the county series. R. Burris and R. Ration, of Bolivia, scored seven points each, while Inman aiid I'ruitt paced the attack of the Waccamaw five. Stone and Cannon led the Bolivia girls with 21 points each, with Mavis Brady leading the Waccamaw sextet. Note: This is the only record of play reported this week. o Score Boys )ff To College College: Irene Clemmons, Southport; Wingate Junior College, in Wingate: FairleeLewis. Supply: Fassifern School Henderson vi lie: Marion Frink; Louisburg College, Louisburg: Margaret Watts. Eddie Jelks, Anna Katherine Garrett, Southport; Talmadge Sellers, Elwood Mints. Shallotte: Duke University, Durham: Josephine Wolf, Southport; E. G. Goodman, Leland; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Dan Walker, Southport; Charles Gaylord, Leland; Neal Thomas, Norwood Brooks, Shallotte; N. C. State, Raleigh: Joe Ruark, Southport; John Holden. Supply; University of Richmond, Richmond, Va.: Jack Taylor, Winnabow; Temple University: Claude McCall, Southport; Davidson College, Davidson: Edward Taylor, (Continued on page 4) ME 1 d News paper Ii Southport, N. C., Wedr Native Of Brui Be Honored Supreme Coi Judge Alfred Moore, Associa Churchyard At C The 150th anniversary ol Supreme Court of the Unite celebrated Tuesday when mt association take part in a pi the Southport high school aiu begin at 2:80 o'clock and the On Saturday a night letter ad-*dressed to "Hon. The Mayor, Old j " Brunswick, Near Southport, N. i C." was delivered to C. Ed. i Taylor. It was from Sol Bloom, Congressional Representative from , New York, and contained the fol- j lowing message: "The joint congressional commit- | tee on the 150th anniversary of the Commencement of the Supreme court of the United States is advised that Associate Justice Alfred Moore is buried in the St. Phillips churchyard cemetery in your city. Your cooperation in arranging appropriate ceremony for laying a wreath on his grave on February 1st will j be greatly appreciated. We would ' like to receive your suggestion and trust that in cooperation with . local bar association, civic group j and officials you will arrange for i such ceremony and also send us j for our records clippings of news- ; paper accounts, photographs and copies of speeches delivered." Without attempting to explain ' to Congressman Bloom that the last mayor of the Town of Brunswick was long since dead, Mr. Taylor began at once to work up a program suitable for the occasion. At a call meeting of the local bar association Tuesday the following program was outlined: Music by high school glee club, j One Hundred and Fifthieth An-1 niversary of the Commencement I of the work of the Supreme Court of the United States, C. Ed. Taylor, Dean of the local Bar Association, presiding as master of ceremonies. Introduction of Hon. Clifton Moore by R. I. Mintz, of South- j port Bar. j > Historical sketch by Hon. Clif- r ton Moore of the Burgaw Bar. Presentation of Hon. H. L. j Lyon, Jr. of Whiteville Bar, by J. W. Ruark, of Southport Bar. 1 Introduction of Hon, Jno D. I Bellamy by Hon. H. L. Lyon, Jr., | i President of District Bar. I Address by Hon. Jno. D. Bel- j lamy. Dean of Wilmington Bar. i Placing wreath on grave of ] 1 Associate Justice Alfred Moore (r J by a delegation of three from ^ the Bar Association of Whiteville, i, Burgaw, Wilmington, Southport.! ( Following is an extract from j historical sketches of North Car- [ olina. by Wheeler, furnished by j Louis T. Moore', of Wilmington: ir "Alfred Moore, Senior, of r I Brunswick, was a son of Judge i Maurice Moore. He was born on' a ! the 21st of May, 1755. He was f sent to Boston to acquire his edu- s | cation, and while there was of- f fered a Commission in the Royal Army, 1768; this was declined, f but the presence of a large garri- s son, the friendship of one of it's c officers, added to a taste for a' a military profession, led him to! e acquire accurate knowledge of military tactics, which soon was c destined, to be called irno the ,. active service of his country and j usefulness to her cause. ij. "In 1775 he was appointed a a Captain in the 1st Regiment of j North Carolina Continental troops. s which was commanded by his uncle. Colonel James Moore. He { marched with his Company to ^ Charleston, and was on duty there r (Continued On Page 4) j a Hopes Air Mail A Reality Soon * Aviation Official Expresses c Hope That Day Not Fari Removed When South- J1 port Will Have Advant- j J age Of Air Mail Some time ago this paper published a story and map of a proposed air pick-up mail route, 1 touching Southport. It was the | idea of the All American Aviation, Inc., of Wilmington, Del., Richard C. DuPont being the president. Shortly after the publication of the story Postmaster L. T. Yas- c kell had a letter from Mr. Du a Pont, expressing gratification at' c] the co-operation and the hope j that definite plans for the sys-, ( tern would be worked out. |j This week Mr. Du Pont wrote1 W. B. Ke?iah, executive secretary i of the Brunswick County Cham-it ber of Commerce. As in the case i of the letter to postmaster Yas- j ( kell, Mi'. Keziah was advised that plans were still rather indefinite. 1 (Continued on page 4) fifc , A POR] i A Good Cor lesday, January 25, 1* tiswick To As Part Of art Ceremony ite Justice, Lies Buried In Id St. Phillips ' the commencement of the rl States will be fittingly ?mbers of the district bar ogram to be presented in litorium. The program will public is cordially invited. Local Theatre Suffers Heavy Fire Damage Fire broke out in the operating room of the Amuzu theatre about 10:15 o'clock Friday night while the second show was in progress, and before the flames could be brought under control the machinery had been entirely destroyed. This and damage done the building and other fixtures amounted to about S4.000.00, the entire loss being covered by insurance. With flames licking out the roof of the building near the front, spectators were given the impression that the interior of the theatre auditorium was a blazing inferno. Good work by the volunteer firemen soon had the fire well in hand, and so well did they do their work that the frame building next door never appeared in imminent danger of burning. Price Furpless, proprietor of the local movie house, already has workmen busy repairing damage and installing new equipment and he has announced that he expects to have the plant ready to go again within two or three weeks. Body Of Man Is Found In River Savassa Negro Found On Bank Of River; Companion On Fateful Hunting Trip Is Still Missing Coroner John G. Caison, of Brunswick county, reported last light that the body of Fred Veston, negro, who was lost vhile on a hunting trip in the hipe Fear river with a companon Friday afternoon, was found ate yesterday afternoon about a nile below Navassa on the banks if the Cape Fear. Weston apparently died from iccidental drowning or may have rozen to death, Coroner Caison laid. There were no marks of oul play, he said. The negro left Navassa with mother by the name of Bryant ibout 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in a hunting trip down the river ind apparently their boat capsiz:d in the stream, he stated. Weston swam ashore but evilently could not get over a narow ravine on the river shore, lis body was found by a searchng party in some shallow water ind the negro may have frozen n the severe cold, the corOner aid. Bryant has not been found, but he searching party will try dragging the river for the body this norning, Coroner Caison said. When the two men, who lived it Navassa, failed to return home "riday night, a searching party vas organized yesterday and it tarted looking in the woods beween Wilmington and Navassa. The boat the two men were ising has not been located, the oroner said. Rites Held For Jesse Andrews *ev, C. N. Phillips Conducts Funeral Services For Resident Of Shallotte Area Who Died Thursday Funeral services were held Frilay for Jesse Andrews, who died it his home near Shallotte Thurslay. Mr. Andrews, a farmer and ife-Iong resident of Brunswick :ounty, had been in declining lealth for the past few years. Rev. C. N. Phillips, pastor of d opponent in the Star-NewB t last season. He goes back il 5 year when the meet is helH jourtesy Star-News.) I idemic Is 'ull Swing Hen th Patients, Many Sufferin ses Appear To Be Mild mic has the Dosher Memoru p.g, not to mention scores c es of the town and county. -* Dr. L. C. Fergus said Tuesda ? | that influenza had indeed read | ed the epidemic stage in th locality, but added "We are migl i ty lucky that most of the cast I have been mild". Dr. M. M. Rosei " baum, Shallotte physician, sa ' Monday that the appearance i ' , flu was general throughout h 1 | territory. ! Hospital patients suffering fro this complaint include: Senati r and Mrs. S. Bunn Frink, Mil 'Winnie Willis, Mrs. R. S. Hart ' son, Mrs. L. T. Yaskell, all i ' | Southport: Mrs. M. E. Chadwic 1 Mrs. Violet Hewett and the twii * of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewel * (Continued on page 4) ! ? Miss Kate Evans * , | Buried Monda1 . i Elderly Resident Of Winnj bow Community Died 1 P Dosher Memorial Hospil al Saturday Followin Cvlan/lor] 11 Inocq AiVI>U\,u aasa.wv I Funeral services for Miss Kat 11 L. Evans, 77, of Town Creek, wl ii-' died at 10 o'clock Saturday nigl id at the J. Arthur Dosher Memorii rb hospital at Southport after a r- illness of several months, wei ly held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afte r noon from the Zion Methodii re church at Town Creek. ' (Continued On Page 4) es Probe Of Reports In N. C te | the chips fall where they may it I Dr. Clyde Erwin, state superii i- [ tcndent of public instruction, sa r-1 he had heard no reports, besidi 13 | Mr. Adams', of the use of the se ;e stimulant by High school stu< 1 ents. s I "I have been connected wil n J the public schools in this stai }' J as teacher, principal and superb 1S j tendent", Dr. Erwin said, "ar ^ this is the first I've ever heai ] of this problem in the publ | school. In fact, I believe thi v ' things generally relating to crin ,h | in our public schools are on tl r_ j down grade?that they are le j than they were several years ag r. j The general citizenship attitui iti of our High school students seen if to be improving." ls Dr. Reynolds, who was instri i- mental in having marijuana i f- eluded in North Carolina's ant m narcotics law, said he was grave p, | concerned over the statement I igMhc Baptist minister. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County i i 1 *1.50 PER YEA! British Wartime ' Policy Affecting Brunswick Farms Raleigh And Washington Evincing Growing Concern Over The Decline of Agricultural Exports TOBACCO CROP IS FEELING WAR PITCH Embargo On American Tobacco Invoked By The British to Have Telling Effect Upon The Brunswick Farms j Grave concern over the British imposition of import and shipping restrictions that threaten to deprive American farmers of export markets, particularly tobacco, i upon which they are dependant for economic security, is being voiced by the people of Columbus county during the past week. The British effort to defeat Germany has shut American agriculture products out of the German markets, through the use of I the naval blockade, and is closing the doois of her own markets as j well. Back of the Kiitish action is a Idesiie to conserve foreign exchange in this country for pur| chase of war materials and to I strengthen economic and politi' cal ties with allied and friendly ^ ! nations in Europe with empire countries by obtaining farm products f.om them. Although officials in Washing' I? -n- tir.lt nn/larclonrl the Rrit ~'| lUil tail ?H.I1 UIIUVIUVU1>V< k?v ..... t i ish viewpoint, the restrictions on rf put chase of farm pioducts from n this country have been a keen (j disappointment. They have come too, on top of such matters as British censorship of the American mails, the forcing of American ships into British ports, and Britains icfusal to recognize the American neutrality zone. j. y The whole has created consid" erable irritation, and while there has been no comment from the State Department, semi-authorita? tive expressions undoubtedly have made clear to the British embassy j] that American public opinion is . being adversely affected. " EXPORTS DECLINE The British trade progtam hBCS ? hit hardest American producers V ! of tobacco, cotton, wheat and 15 fruits. The volume of American v farm goods moving abroad started declining after tiie war started: v and in November, the latest lc month from which complete fi51 gutes are available, it was the is smallest for that month since the drought year of 1934. 11 "This situation is likely to con31 tinuc thiough much of 1940", the sf Agriculture Department said in a report on the export outlook. 31 I Light Session Of County Court ' Judge And Solicitor Work u Way Through Abbreviat7 ed Session Before Noon On Monday of This Week ' Judge Walter M. Stanaland and " Solicitor Joe Ruark cleared up a short docket in Recorder's Court S Ku nnnn Mnndav. - F. E. Hicks, reckless operation of an automobile, $25.00 fine and lc costs, $15.00 of the fine being reIC mitted towards paying the costs, it William Benson, driving while at: drunk, pleaded guilty. He was ,r taxed with $50.00 fine and costs re and his license revoked for six r- (Continued on page 4> St ; Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next ! week. These hours are approximately correct and were fur? nlshed The State Port Pile* ? through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association j1' High Tide Low 1W it TIDE TABLE ix Thursday, December 21 3:05 a. m. 9:46 a. m. * 3:31 p. m. 9:48 p. m? '? Friday, December 22 n" 1:05 a. m. 10:37 a. m. Id 4:31 p. m. 10:36 p. m. Saturday, December 23 1C 4:59 a. m. 11:27 a. m. lt 5:25 p. m. 11:25 p. m. i? Sunday, December 24 tc 5:47 a. in. _____ s>? 6:17 p. in. 12:17 p. m. o. Monday, December 25 le 6:32 a. m. 0:14 a. m. is j 7:00 p. m. 1:07 p. m. Tuesday, December 26 u- 7:16 a. m. 1:04 a. m. n. 7:46 p. m. 1:55 p. in. j. Wednesday, December 27 ]y 8:01 a. m. 1:55 a. m. }y 8:32 p. m. 2:42 p. m /jlrFFydl . \ . , ...JJ